Vermont ranks sixth in the United States for child well-being, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The report collects data for each state on measures such as math and reading proficiency, health insurance coverage, teen births and children living in single-parent families.

Vermont was ranked fifth in the previous year's report, and the state saw few statistically significant changes from year to year.

An estimated 19,000 Vermont children live in poverty, according to statistics cited in the report.

“Our poverty rate is consistently lower than most other states’, but it also stays relatively unchanged. It’s been 15, 16 percent for a long time now," said Sarah Teel, research director at Voices for Vermont's Children.

Vermont is tied with Massachusetts for the lowest rate of children without health insurance, at 2 percent. Advocates credit the health insurance program Dr. Dynasaur, which insures about half of Vermont kids, as contributing to the low rate of uninsured.

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